Roadside Inspection 78599566

Roadside inspection on May 10, 2023 in Utah • Carrier: Z A CONSTRUCTION LLC (USDOT 2255283) • Vehicle: KENWORTH STRAIGHT TRUCK

Vehicle OOS Driver OOS CVSA L1
Units Inspected
2
Total Violations
8
OOS Violations
3
38% of violations
Inspection Level
Level 1

Inspection Details

Key facts from the FMCSA inspection record.

Inspection #:
78599566
Date:
May 10, 2023
State:
Utah
Type:
Units inspected:
2
Violations:
8
HazMat:
No
Inspection site:
AMERICAN FORK
Vehicle:
KENWORTH T8 Series STRAIGHT TRUCK
Plate:
A487835 (MS)

What this inspection means

Both the vehicle and the driver were placed out of service at this inspection.

Cited issues fall mainly under Vehicle Maintenance and Controlled Substances/Alcohol, with a combined severity weight of 38.

Compared to the median Level 1 inspection nationwide in 2023, this is a more severe than typical result.

Severity context

How mild, normal, or severe was this inspection compared to its carrier, state, and station?

vs Level 1 median in Utah
8
Heavier than median (2)
Median of 8,039 Level 1 inspections in Utah during 2023

How this compares

National peer benchmarks for inspections at this level.

Violations vs Level 1 median
8
7 more than the median (1)
Compared to 536,564 Level 1 inspections nationwide in 2023
OOS at this inspection
Yes
Cohort OOS rate: 24.6%
Out-of-service rate across all Level 1 inspections in 2023
Honest opinion

An out-of-service order is one of the most consequential outcomes a roadside inspection can produce — the most heavily-weighted OOS citation here was 390.3(e) (Prohibited from performing safety sensitive functions per 382.501(a) in the Drug and Alcohol Clearinghouse., severity weight 10). (390.3(e))

Units Inspected

2 unit(s) covered by this inspection.

Seq Type VIN Plate Make Model Year OOS
1 STRAIGHT TRUCK 3WKDP4TX3MF459836 MS A487835 KENWORTH T8 Series 2021
2 SEMI-TRAILER 1TTE532S1L3197212 MS 125910A TRANSCRAFT/WABASH
Ticket: Comm
Steel Flatbed 2020

Violations Cited

8 violation(s) recorded against this inspection.

Code Description Severity Wt BASIC OOS
390.3(e) Prohibited from performing safety sensitive functions per 382.501(a) in the Drug and Alcohol Clearinghouse. 10 Controlled Substances/Alcohol OOS
393.100(b) Leaking/spilling/blowing/falling cargo 7 Vehicle Maintenance OOS
393.25(f) Stop lamp violations 6 Vehicle Maintenance
395.8(f)(1) Driver’s record of duty status not current 5 Hours of Service
393.48(a) Inoperative/defective brakes 4 Vehicle Maintenance
393.55(e) No or Defective ABS Malfunction Indicator Lamp for trailer manufactured after 03/01/1998 4 Vehicle Maintenance
393.126 Failure to ensure intermodal container securement 1 Vehicle Maintenance OOS
393.60(c) Windshield - Damaged or Discolored 1 Vehicle Maintenance

Violation categories (BASICs)

Federal behavior-analysis-and-safety-improvement buckets for the cited violations.

Nearby inspections (same carrier, ±60 days)

Other times this carrier was inspected around the same date.

Inspection Date State Level Location Violations OOS
78975190 Jun 24, 2023 AL L2 ROADSIDE 0
78955016 Jun 22, 2023 AL L1 ROADSIDE 4 OOS
79021601 Jun 13, 2023 MS L1 0
78773193 May 24, 2023 IA L2 HWY 18 SB 8 OOS
78675261 May 18, 2023 MS L1 0
78644395 May 16, 2023 LA L1 ROADSIDE 3 OOS

Other inspections of these vehicles

History for the VINs recorded on this inspection.

Inspection Date State Level VIN OOS
83673667 Jan 22, 2025 NE L3 3WKDP4TX3MF459836

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